Food Stamps
More Americans are using food stamps, but the percent of the population enrolled in the program varies greatly by state. Click on column headers to sort the chart.
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Mississippi
|
566,261
|
2,978,240
|
20.6%
|
-0.2%
|
8.4%
|
|
Oregon
|
701,725
|
3,848,606
|
20.0%
|
0.6%
|
9.6%
|
|
Tennessee
|
1,202,604
|
6,375,431
|
19.9%
|
-0.5%
|
5.2%
|
|
New Mexico
|
346,141
|
2,067,273
|
19.7%
|
0.1%
|
17.9%
|
|
Michigan
|
1,747,094
|
9,911,626
|
19.6%
|
0.0%
|
11.4%
|
|
Louisiana
|
810,457
|
4,553,962
|
19.1%
|
0.7%
|
7.5%
|
|
Kentucky
|
768,927
|
4,350,606
|
18.7%
|
-0.8%
|
5.9%
|
|
West Virginia
|
337,656
|
1,859,815
|
18.6%
|
0.6%
|
2.4%
|
|
Maine
|
227,110
|
1,333,074
|
18.4%
|
-0.7%
|
8.0%
|
|
South Carolina
|
785,735
|
4,645,975
|
18.1%
|
0.7%
|
7.1%
|
|
Alabama
|
791,430
|
4,802,982
|
18.0%
|
0.0%
|
9.3%
|
|
Georgia
|
1,562,209
|
9,727,566
|
17.9%
|
0.3%
|
11.7%
|
|
Arkansas
|
460,754
|
2,926,229
|
16.5%
|
-1.1%
|
4.8%
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,317,368
|
9,565,781
|
16.2%
|
0.4%
|
17.7%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
572,738
|
3,764,882
|
16.1%
|
-1.6%
|
5.7%
|
|
Florida
|
2,523,454
|
18,900,773
|
16.1%
|
-0.1%
|
20.6%
|
|
Arizona
|
1,006,005
|
6,412,700
|
16.1%
|
-0.9%
|
2.4%
|
|
Ohio
|
1,580,984
|
11,568,495
|
15.6%
|
0.1%
|
14.3%
|
|
Missouri
|
894,754
|
6,011,478
|
15.6%
|
-0.4%
|
5.1%
|
|
Washington
|
928,849
|
6,753,369
|
15.5%
|
0.5%
|
12.8%
|
|
Texas
|
3,482,601
|
25,268,418
|
15.4%
|
-0.8%
|
11.9%
|
|
New York
|
2,712,437
|
19,421,055
|
15.3%
|
0.1%
|
